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Joshua Hamidu
Former Chief of Defence Staff of Ghana · Ghana · On the map · Writers · Lived 1936 to 2021 · aged 85
Lieutenant General Joshua Mahamadu Hamidu was a Ghanaian soldier, politician and diplomat. He has been the Chief of Defence Staff and also member of the Supreme Military Council government. Prior to heading the military and being in government, he was the Ghanaian High Commissioner to Zambia.
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He was appointed National Security Advisor to the Kufuor government in 2001. He was the chairman of the Narcotics Control Board of Ghana and on various boards of the Bank of Ghana. In 2005, he was Ghana's High Commissioner to Nigeria.
